Exodus 21:1

Exodus 21:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
• New International Version (NIV)“These are the laws you are to set before them:
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Now these are the rules that you shall set before them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them:

Context of Exodus 21:1

“These are the decisions that you will set before them: 2“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he will go out free without paying anything. 3If he came in by himself he will go out by himself; if he had a wife when he came in, then his wife will go out with him.

Exodus 21:1 word by word

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּשִׂ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• which thou shalt setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Exodus 21:1

• Leviticus 18:5So you must keep my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them. I am the Lord.
• Leviticus 19:37You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the Lord.’”
• Leviticus 20:22“‘You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations, so that the land to which I am about to bring you to take up residence there does not vomit you out.
• Numbers 35:24then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.
• Deuteronomy 5:1Then Moses called all the people of Israel together and said to them: “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances that I am about to deliver to you today; learn them and be careful to keep them!
• Deuteronomy 6:20When your children ask you later on, “What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?”
• 1 Kings 6:12“As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
• 2 Chronicles 19:10Whenever your countrymen who live in the cities bring a case before you (whether it involves a violent crime or other matters related to the law, commandments, rules, and regulations), warn them that they must not sin against the Lord. If you fail to do so, God will be angry with you and your colleagues; but if you obey, you will be free of guilt.
• Nehemiah 9:13“You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
• Nehemiah 10:29hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders and enter into a curse and an oath to adhere to the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commandments of the lord our Lord, along with his ordinances and his statutes.
• Psalms 147:19He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel.
• Ezekiel 20:11I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!
• Malachi 4:4“Remember the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey.
• Exodus 19:7So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him,
• Exodus 24:3Moses came and told the people all the Lord’s words and all the decisions. All the people answered together, “We are willing to do all the words that the Lord has said,”
• Deuteronomy 4:5Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the Lord my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess.

Commentaries on Exodus 21:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Now these are the judgments - There is so much good sense, feeling, humanity, equity, and justice in the following laws, that they cannot but be admired by every intelligent reader; and they are so very plain as to require very little comment. The laws in this chapter are termed political, those in the succeeding chapter judicial, laws; and are supposed to have been delivered to Moses alone, in consequence of the request of the people, Exodus 20:19, that…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Judgments - i. e. decisions of the law.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Laws respecting servants. (1-11) Judicial laws. (12-21) Judicial laws. (22-36) Verses 1-11 The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they binding on us, yet they explain the moral law, and the rules of natural justice. The servant, in the state of servitude, was an emblem of that state of bondage to sin, Satan, and the law, which man is brought into by robbing God of his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The terms of the covenant are now expanded. The first section in 21:1–23:19 gives specific examples of the general principles stated in 20:3–17. The commitments to which God bound himself if the Israelites kept their side of the covenant are stated in 23:20–33. This passage also includes the blessings for obedience.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-61. judgments--rules for regulating the procedure of judges and magistrates in the decision of cases and the trial of criminals. The government of the Israelites being a theocracy, those public authorities were the servants of the Divine Sovereign, and subject to His direction. Most of these laws here noticed were primitive usages, founded on principles of natural equity, and incorporated, with modifications and improvements, in the Mosaic code.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Exodus 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings